Bow-guide.



L. MOLLENHAUER.

BOW GUIDE.

APPLICATION man juneza. 1916.

1,228, 949. Patented June 5, 1917.

$1,29 @Hloz/vw LOUIS MOLLENI-IAUER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOW-GUIDE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1917.

Application filed June 23, 1916. Serial No. 105,415.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS MOLLENHAUER, citizen of the United States, andresident of New York city, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bow- Guides, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to violins and the object thereof is to provide anattachment to serve as a guide for the bow in teaching a student to playthe instrument.

Referring to the drawings which form a part of this specification:

Figure 1. is a plan view of a position of a violin showing my improvedbow guide mounted on the fingerboard thereof,the dotted lines indicatingthe bow.

Fig. 2. is a cross sectional view through the fingerboard and stringsand illustrates the general appearance of the guide viewed from the endof the instrument.

Fig. 3. is a perspective view of the bow guide.

A indicates the body portion of a violin and A the fingerboard thereof.

B indicates a piece of spring wire bent to form a spring, the lower endsof which are held by the out turned portions CC'- CC of the clamps CCrespectively.

These clamp elements are stamped from sheet metal and are preferablyprovided at each end with projections DDD-D which engage the edges ofthe fingerboard A. By reason of the hinge formation at EE the clampelements can pivot or turn on the ends of the spring element to adjustthemselves to the tapered form of the fingerboard as will be readilyunderstood.

In use the student is instructed to draw the bow in such a manner as notto touch the guide and therefore when the bow does touch the guide,knows that his bowing is faulty and is able to correct the error morequickly than without such a guide.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new:

A bow guide comprising a spring, clamps provided with openings in whichthe ends of the spring element are swiveled to permit the clamps toadjust themselves to the taper edges of a violin fingerboard.

Signed at New York city, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of New York, this 19th day of June, A. D.

LOUIS MOLLENHAUER. Witnesses:

LOUIS MOLLENHAUER, Jn, CHAS. L. MnonENBERe.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, -Washington, D. G.

